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In Reply to: RE: Coral 4" speaker posted by cft on November 3, 2008 at 03:34:16:
Hi again,
Ive seen 4 different versions of the Coral flat 5.
The series 1 with a alnico magnet. Sounded very aggressive, due i have been told to the surround which was changed in the series 2.
Unfortunately the series II lost the alnico magnet but gained a surround which better damped the cone resonance. The series one was an ok driver, the 2 a magical one.
The paper dustcap drivers i have had and still do own. They are a little sweeter than the aluminium dustcap drivers. Not a huge difference but so easy and cheap to do. You will like the result.
Enclosures. The wrong enclosure will kill these drivers dead.
Ive heard them in 3 enclosures that i liked (and quite a few i didn't).
No one best and they all sound very different.
Concrete spheres made by Michael Brown outside of Canberra, Australia. He called them the audiospheres and they sound lovely. Quite electrostatic like (clean and clear). They were on short stands placing the spheres quite close to the floor which they needed for proper bass loading (otherwise they were just too lean and clean, robbing music of timber and foundation). Least boxy sounding box solution ive heard them in.
Small front ported wooden enclosure. Chipboard not mdf. Richer and fuller timbers than the audiospheres. A more weighty 'meaty' presentation. Also more corse, boxy and resonant. No clear pure electrostatic sound here but with its own charms.
Rear horn. Around i guess a metre tall. About 7 inches wide and maybe 60 cm deep. This enclosure sounded great but very different to the other two above. Lots of slam. A large sound. Direct, vivid. Maybe too direct and vivid. Suited some music much better than others. Great for Jazz, which is not really my thing. Also worked pretty well on blues and lovely on female vocal. Could be used in a larger room also due to the driver not working very hard. Along with the sphere above, the most ruthless implementation. By that i mean that your electronics and system better be up to scratch and tailored to complement the speakers or you'll hear it.
The flat 5 II's are the sorts of drivers you have to work with for a while to coax the best sound out of them. When you get them right they are wonderful. I much prefer what im listening too now but you will really love them.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Coral 4" speaker - VirginVinyl 12:44:49 11/03/08 (1)
- hi there! Email me? - Timbo in Oz 13:42:17 11/21/08 (0)
- why? I live in Canberra and have known the sphere guys from the 1970's - Timbo in Oz 15:18:28 11/21/08 (0)
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